Barry and Sheryl Schwartz Feted at FIT for Donation and Scholarship Fund
It was a Calvin Klein reunion of sorts Thursday night, when Barry and Sheryl Schwartz, co-founder and former chairman of Calvin Klein Inc., and his wife, respectively, were honored at the Fashion Institute of Technology. The Schwartzes donated to the Museum at FIT three sample coats that launched the Calvin Klein Inc. business in 1968. In addition, Barry and Sheryl Schwartz have established a scholarship fund at FIT in their name, which will provide full tuition support to a student in financial need throughout all four years of their undergraduate studies at FIT. Two of the original wool coats (a pale teal double-breasted coat and a brown single-breasted coat) were launched for fall 1968, and one (black belted coat) was launched for the holiday season a few months later. The coats, that were on display, had been in the Schwartzes’ cedar closet at their farm in Granite Springs, N.Y., where Sheryl Schwartz has amassed a vast collection of Calvin Klein clothing over the years. The inspiration behind the display came from the facade of the York Hotel, where Klein and Schwartz started the brand in room 613. After months of putting the line together, the brand took off after Donald O’Brien, vice president
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